Re: ITC: dpkg-sysconfig
On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 05:58:06PM +0200, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> >
> > > > Errmmm ... but I think it'd be a *nice* idea to have a choice
> > > > between different usage profiles! (Say local-mailserver, ISP-mailserver,
> > > > secure-samba, open-samba, samba-as-domain-server-for-win-2000 etc.)
> > > > *t
> > >
> > > It is possible but the administrator should make such packages, or?
> > >
> > > Well ... if you all people think my tool is good enough for that, sure
> > > but that is not my intention.
> > >
> > > My intention is that the administrator makes such configurations
> > > themself. We will get too much packages in debian if we allow this
> > > kind of stuff. :)
> >
> > The problem is not too much packages but an inadquate package
> > organisation. HInt: subpackages.
> > *t
>
> I do not really understand? Do you want a better organisation on the
> packages that are in debian, or on my tool or on 'configuration' packages?
Yes, I'm dreaming of a better package organisation, where one can do
finer grained selection of optional parts of a package like on Windoze.
What I wanted to say is that Debian will not be able to avoid the problem
in the long term any way. So I wouldn't *not* do things just because
the infrastructure is not adequate (yet!) for the solution.
*t
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